Registered Nurse (RN) - LTC

Duties:

Job Summary:
As part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver patient-centered nursing and rehabilitation services to patients.
-Support the Unit Manager to maintain excellent clinical standards and patient experience.
-Provides the highest level of service to all patient s, families, and visitors to ensure satisfaction
-Responsible for ensuring all assigned residents receive all medications, treatments, and nursing care as ordered.
-Completes all required documentation as per state/federal guidelines.
Essential Generic Job Functions:
-Supervises and makes assignment of nursing personnel on the unit.
-Establishes the nursing care plan, utilizing nursing diagnosis for patients in cooperation with the supervisor and nursing personnel on the unit.
-Implements plans of care for residents.
-Consistently, accurately, and independently prioritizes and completes routine assignments within guidelines and schedules.
-Recognizes psychosocial needs, their possible effects on behavior on intervenes to provide emotional support.
-Maintains accurate informative records on all patients in the unit.
-Identify and report all real or potential problems regarding the development or administration of patient care.
-Maintains adequate inventory of medications, equipment, and supplies on the unit.
-Records, reports, and interprets patient responses to treatment and care to appropriate members of the inter-disciplinary team.
-Identify and assess any changes in patient conditions/needs and report to Charge nurse.
-Maintains all equipment as per facility policy and uses equipment consistent with equipment specifications.
-Participates and represents Harborage and Nursing staff on committees, as requested by supervisors.
-Identifies patient needs and treatment opportunities, providing services to meet those needs on an on-going basis.
-Maintains professional competence and keeps current with Occupational Health and nursing trends through participation in continuing education, in-service programs, professional staff sessions and training of nursing personnel.
-Fosters good relationships and communications with all Team Members, patients, family/significant others and visitors.
-Assists with new Team Member orientation and provide key experiences to prepare Team Member for independent performance of essential job functions.
-Problems are reported to Manager promptly.

Skills:

Required Skills & Experience:
-Demonstrate team approach to problem solving through frequent communication and collaboration on complex issues to provide appropriate care.
-Minimum 1-year prior experience working as an RN in a subacute long term care/rehab facility.
-Must have experience working with a variety of patient conditions and ages.

Preferred Skills & Experience:
-N/A